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Bakery Turned Car Park, Station Road, Early 1940s

I grew up in Upminster (from 1935) and there used to be a great old stone bakery on the left hand side, going up Station Road. I think the owners were called Abraham. It was taken over by the council and torn down for a car park, very sadly. I remember that Mr Abraham then drowned himself in a nearby gravel pit. Does anyone else recall this sad event?

A memory of Upminster, shared by Audrey Herz.

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Greengrocers Shop

My dad Eddie had a greengrocer's shop in Upminster in 1952, the year I was born. I know we lived in the flat above the shop, and it was quite near Upminster Bridge. Does anyone remember the shop?

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I Just Started School in 1950

High Street c1950
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I grew up in Hornchurch, born in 1945. As a child I got my first eye glasses right up the street from where this picture was taken. Odells I think it was called.

My mother used to send me out to get bread right next to where the bus is located in this picture. Allies or Aylies Bakers I think.

A memory of Hornchurch, shared by Robert Graham.

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Christmas Tree in Hornchurch

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I too was born and brought up in Hornchurch and remember the bakers - it was called Alies and the daughter was called Enid who went to our school. Just by the bakers was waste ground and I am sure I can remember seeing a christmas tree there, does anyone else remember this? Carol Board (Westbrook)

A memory of Hornchurch, shared by Carol Board.

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I Now Live Here

High Street c1950
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I now live in Hornchurch, since 2003, and the High Street looks nothing like this (apart from the pub, the Bull, still the same but is now the Fatlin & Furkin) picture in 1955.

A memory of Hornchurch, shared by Eddie Tait.

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The Bull

High Street c1950
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Lots of happy times (and a few hangovers ) in the Bull pub in the early sixties. In the days when the door was in the front, there used to be a small bar to the left with a dart board and pin table with a small hatch/bar where you got your light and bitter or Watneys Red Barrel. I left hornchurch in the mid 70s, must go back one day...

A memory of Hornchurch, shared by Martin Coy.

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The Bull Hotel

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I lived in Elm Park from when I was born (in Oldchurch Hospital) in 1950 to when I was dragged away to Australia, kicking and screaming (inside) at the end of 1964. I often went to The Bull with a couple of my friends from Maylands girls' school. Of course, being only 13 or 14, we had to stay outside but we went to listen to the groups that played there, from time to time.

A memory of Hornchurch, shared by Sue Hayes.

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